WO2001060852A1 - Une proteine 52 kda derivee de staphylocoque a coagulase negative et des fragments de celle-ci - Google Patents

Une proteine 52 kda derivee de staphylocoque a coagulase negative et des fragments de celle-ci Download PDF

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WO2001060852A1
WO2001060852A1 PCT/SE2001/000340 SE0100340W WO0160852A1 WO 2001060852 A1 WO2001060852 A1 WO 2001060852A1 SE 0100340 W SE0100340 W SE 0100340W WO 0160852 A1 WO0160852 A1 WO 0160852A1
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  • the present invention relates to a 52 kD protein isolated from Staphylococcus epidermidis and antigenic determinant-containing fragments of the protein.
  • the protein binds to immobilized vitronectin (Vn).
  • the invention also relates to applications of the protein or the fragments e.g. in eliciting antibodies, and vaccines for active immunization and medicaments for passive immunization.
  • Coagulase-negative staphylococci are considered as major pathogens of indwelling catheter and prosthetic device infections, thus contributing to the majority of hospital-acquired infections (1).
  • the pathogenesis of these infections is that microbes adhere to the surface of biomaterial to which host factors (e.g.
  • proteins and glycosaminoglycans adsorb, slow down their metabolism and protect themselves from host defense or antibiotics by producing a so-called biofilm.
  • host molecules which have been proposed to mediate adhesion of bacteria are fibrinogen, fibronectin, vitronectin, collagen and thrombospondin (2-5).
  • Vitronectin is a glycoprotein with multiple functions in the host, cell attachment, inhibition of complement activation and regulation of blood coagulation (6). It is present in human connective tissue and in plasma and was recently detected in human cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) (7). It was traced to human plasma and its concentration in cerebrospinal fluid increased in the patients with broken blood-brain barrier. Vitronectin was shown to mediate adhesion of S epidermidis strains to polyvinylchloride exposed to cerebrospinal fluid in vitro (3).
  • Proteins binding to immobilized vitonectin or antigenic determinant-containing fragments of the proteins would be useful as immunizing components in the development of vaccines against Staphylococcal infections, and in the production of antibodies or antigen- binding peptides recognizing and specifically binding to the proteins or protein fragments for use in vaccines for passive immunization. Description of the invention
  • the present invention provides a 52 kD protein that binds to immobilized vitronectin.
  • the protein has been purified from a cell wall extract from the strain S. epidermidis BD5703 isolated from an infected cerebrospinal fluid shunt system, reported to bind vitronectin (3).
  • a first aspect of the invention is therefore directed to a protein isolated from Staphylococcus epidermidis having an approximate molecular weight (MW) of 52 kD determined by SDS-PAGE and an N-terminal amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:l
  • Antigenic determinants contained in the protein of the invention may be identified by any method known in the art, e.g. by sequencing antibody binding sites.
  • the antigenic detenninant-containing fragments of the protein of the invention will comprise at least 5, preferably at least 10, and most preferably at least 15 amino acid residues to be sure that the antigenic determinant is present in the peptide fragment. These fragments may be used e.g. as probes, diagnostic antigens, and vaccine components, possibly coupled to carriers.
  • the protein or protein fragment according to the invention is coupled to an inert carrier or matrix.
  • the carrier may be e.g. plastic surfaces, such as surface of implants, microplates, beads etc.; organic molecules such as biotin; proteins, such as bovine serum albumin; peptide linkers, polypeptides e.g. resulting in fusion proteins.
  • the matrix may be particles used for chromatographic purposes, such as Sepharose®.
  • a second aspect of the invention is directed to a recombinant DNA molecule coding for a protein or a protein fragment according to the invention.
  • the 52 kD protein of the invention may be sequenced, and with the knowledge of the amino acid sequence of the protein of the invention, it will be possible to deduce nucleotide sequences that encode the protein of the invention or fragments of the protein.
  • recombinant DNA molecules coding for the protein or a protein fragment according to the invention may be prepared.
  • a third aspect of the invention is directed to a vector selected from the group consisting of plasmids, phages or phagemides comprising a DNA molecule according to the invention or the corresponding RNA molecule.
  • vectors may be used for the production of the protein or protein fragments of the invention. They may also be used in vaccines.
  • a fourth aspect of the invention is directed to antibodies or antigen-binding peptides recognizing and specifically binding to a protein or protein fragment according to the invention.
  • the antibody of the invention may be a monoclonal antibody or monospecific polyclonal antibody recognizing and specifically binding to an antigenic compound according to the invention, i. e. recognizing and specifically binding to the protein or antigenic determinant-containing fragments of the protein or the invention.
  • the antibody of the invention can be prepared by using immunization procedures well known in the art, or by well known methods based on recombinant technology making use of suitable host cells of eukaryotic or prokaryotic origin.
  • the specific binding of an antibody to an antigenic compound of the invention requires e.g an affinity constant of at least 10 7 liters/mole, preferably at least 10 9 liters/mole.
  • the antibodies and antigen-binding peptides of the invention may be used for diagnostic purposes, but preferably in vaccines for passive immunization.
  • the antigen-binding peptide recognizing and binding to an antigenic compound according to the invention may be the antigen-binding part of an antibody or a synthetic compound which mimics the three-dimensional structure of the antigen-binding part of an antibody.
  • the antibodies and antigen-binding peptides of the invention may be used for diagnostic purposes, but preferably in vaccines for passive immunization.
  • a fifth aspect of the invention is directed to the use of a protein or protein fragment according to the invention, optionally in immobilized form, as an immunizing component in the production of a vaccine against Staphylococcus infections.
  • a sixth aspect of the invention is directed to the use of a vector according to the invention for the production of a vaccine against Staphylococcal infections.
  • a seventh aspect of the invention is directed to the use of antibodies or antigen- binding peptides according to the invention for the production of a medicament for the passive immunization of a mammal against Staphylococcus infections.
  • An eighth aspect of the invention is directed to a vaccine against Staphylococcal infections comprising as an immunizing component a protein or protein fragment according to the invention, optionally in immobilized form.
  • a ninth aspect of the invention is directed to a vaccine against Staphylococcal infections comprising a vector according to the invention.
  • a DNA molecule of the invention may be used in a vector for vaccine purposes.
  • a tenth aspect of the invention is directed to a medicament for the passive immunization of a mammal, especially a human being, against Staphylococcus infections comprising antibodies or antigen-binding peptides according to the invention.
  • An embodiment of the invention comprises the passive immunization of patients with an impaired immune defense or patient awaiting major surgery, such as patients in line for an organ transplantation or awaiting the insertion of a prosthetic device, such as a hip prosthesis or similar major surgical intervention.
  • a high dose of antibodies, or antigen-binding peptides according to the invention, against the novel protein can be administered to any patient before or at the time of hospitalization, in order to prevent Staphylococcus infection.
  • the vaccines may contain other ingredients selected with regard to the intended administration rout, and these ingredients are chosen by the vaccine manufacturer in collaboration with pharmacologists.
  • administration routs include intravenous administration, percutaneous administration, intramuscular administration, oral and nasal administration.
  • An eleventh aspect of the invention is directed to a method of prophylactic and/or therapeutic treatment of Staphylococcus infections in a mammal comprising administration to said mammal of an immunologically effective amount of a vaccine according to any one of the vaccines of the invention.
  • FIG. 1 shows a diagram of binding of soluble 125 I-labeled vitronectin (Vn)
  • FIG. 2 shows a diagram of adhesion of 6 staphylococcal strains to Vn coated wells (2 ⁇ g/ml).
  • S. aureus strain V8 and S. epidermidis strain RP12 were used as positive and negative control respectively. * p ⁇ 0.05 compare to S. aureus N8. Triplicate samples were made and repeated twice. Data are presented as mean values with SEM DESCRIPTION OF EXPERIMENTS Materials and methods Human plasma and proteins Fresh human plasma was purchased from the blood bank, University Hospital of Lund. Human vitronectin, fibronectin and hemopexin were purified as previously described (12-14). Human fibrinogen was purchased from Imco AB., Sweden. Human plasminogen and IgG were purchased from Sigma Chemical Co., St. Louis, USA. Human tlirombospondin was a kind gift from Professor J Lawler, Boston, USA. Bacterial strains and culture conditions
  • S. epidermidis strains BD5703, BD12213 and BD1461 1 were isolated from patients with CSF shunt infections, Dept Clinical Bacteriology, Lund University Hospital, Lund.
  • S. epidermidis strain RP12 and S. haemolyticus strain SM131 isolated from patients with catheter-associated sepsis and osteomylitis respectively, served as reference strains (5).
  • S. aureus strain V8 was used as positive control for Vn binding. Bacteria were cultured in Todd-Hewitt (TH) broth (Difco Laboratories, Detroit, USA) at 37°C except when different media were compared.
  • Cells were harvested during stationary growth phase (after 20-22 hours), washed twice in phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) at pH 7.2 by centrifugation (2800 x g, 15 min), resuspended at a final density of 10 10 cells/ml in PBS and used promptly for various binding assays.
  • PBS phosphate-buffered saline
  • Vn Fifty micrograms of Vn was labeled with Na 125 I (Amersham Pic, Buckinghamshire, UK) using the modified chloramine-T method (specificity, 1 x 10 cpm/ ⁇ g), and used in a minor modified soluble binding test with final reaction volume of 150 ⁇ l in PBS (15). During binding experiments, radiolabeled protein were diluted to approx. 0.025 ⁇ g (25,000cpm) and incubated with bacteria (10 9 cells per test tube).
  • cells of BD5703 were immobilized on ELISA plates (Costar Co., Cambridge, USA) by incubating 100 ⁇ l of bacterial suspension (2 x lO 7 cells in PBS) for 30 min at 37°C.
  • Non-attached bacter a were removed by 3 washes with PBS.
  • the remaining sites on the plastic were blocked by 2°/ 1 bovine serum albumin in PBS (BSA-PBS) for 1 hour at 37°C.
  • the wells were washed with PBS, and two-fold diluted 125 I-labeled Vn in 1% BSA- PBS (maximally 5 ⁇ g/ml) was added.
  • Wells coated with 1% BSA served as background. After incubation at 37 °C for 45 min and washes with PBS, individual wells were removed and the radioactivity was measured in a gamma counter (LKB-Wallac, Turku, Finland).
  • Vn was immobilized on ELISA plates (0.2 ⁇ g/well). Binding was quantitated using bioluminescence. ATP Monitoring Reagent and ATP standard were from BioThema, Stochholm, Sweden. Quantitation of adherent bacterial cells was achieved by multiplying total added bacteria with the percentage from retained adenosine triphosphate (ATP) released by bound bacteria in relation to total added ATP produced by 100 ⁇ l bacteria suspension (1 x 10 cells) (3). Wells coated only with 2% BSA-PBS served as background. The values of these were subtracted from the values of other wells in the experiment before the percentages of binding were calculated.
  • ATP adenosine triphosphate
  • ⁇ -labeled bacteria were used for these tests. In brief, half a milliliter of an overnight cultured bacteria in T ⁇ broth was diluted in 5 ml T ⁇ broth containing 50 ⁇ Ci of [methyl- ⁇ ]thymidine (Amersham Pic, Buckinghamshire, UK) and cultured for 5 hours at 37°C on a gyrator shaker with vigorous agitation.
  • 3 H-labeled bacteria cells (5 xlO 8 ) were suspended in 1ml PBS heated at 100°C for 30 min and rapidly cooled. The same amount of bacteria was treated by pronase E, protease K and trypsin (Sigma Chemical Co., St. Louis, USA) as previously described (15). After washes in PBS, lOO ⁇ l (1 xlO 7 cells) treated bacterial suspension were added into the Vn coated wells.
  • bacteria 50 ⁇ l bacteria (2 x 10 7 cfu/ml) were mixed with the same volume of four mono- carbohydrates (0.1M D-fucose, 0.1M D-galactose, 0.1M D-glucose and 0.1M D-mannose), heparin (2mg/ml), hyaluronic acid (2mg/ml) or Vn (20 ⁇ g/ml). These mixtures with bacteria were incubated for 1 hour at 37°C. Heparin sodium salt and hyaluronic acid were purchased from Fluka Chemie AG, Buchs, Switzerland)
  • Vn The wells pre-adsorbed with Vn were trypsinized at a concentration of 2 ⁇ g/well in PBS with ImM CaCl 2 (37°C for 2 hours) following an additional incubation with soybean trypsin inhibitor (4 ⁇ g/well) at 37°C for 30 min in same buffer (15).
  • SDS-PAGE was performed on mini-Protean II cell (Bio-Rad, Richmond, Calif.) as previously described (16).
  • the bacterial surface structures were extracted by 1M lithium chloride (pH 5) with protease inhibitor (Boehringer Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany) at 37°C for 2 hours with end to end rotation. Extract was subjected to homogenous gel (12%) or gradient gel (4-15%) electrophoresis. The running and transfer conditions were as previously described (17).
  • PDVF membranes (Micron Separations INC., Westborough, USA) were saturated with incubation in blocking buffers I and II (buffer I containing 0.6%) ethanolamine, 0.9%) glycine, 1 % polyvinylpyrrolidone and 25%o methanol pH 9.6; buffer II containing 0.6% ⁇ ethanolamine, 0.9% o glycine, 0.05% gelatin hydrolysate and 0.125% Tween 20 pH 9.6) for 15 min respectively (18). Saturated membranes were rinsed three times in PBST (PBS with 1% Tween 20).
  • the membranes were incubated with , 2 T-labeled Vn (0.4 ⁇ g/ml) in PBST or in PBST supplemented with 1.05 M sodium chloride (final sodium chloride concentration 1.2M) overnight at 20°C.
  • the membranes were washed and dried, then examined by autoradiography with X-Omat AR film (Eastman Kodak) after 3 days storage at -70°C.
  • Vn labeled Vn (0.4 ⁇ g/ml) in PBST mixed with different unlabeled competing molecules, including Vn (lO ⁇ g/ml), fibronectin (lO ⁇ g/ml), fibrinogen (lO ⁇ g/ml), thrombospondin (lO ⁇ g/ml), plasminogen (lO ⁇ g/ml), human immunoglobulins (lO ⁇ g/ml), hemopexin (lO ⁇ g/ml), heparin (lmg/ml).
  • the strips were preincubated with heparin (lmg/ml) and hyaluronic acid (lmg/ml) for 1 hour at 20°C prior to adding labeled Vn. Periodate treatment and immunoblot
  • the PDVF strips with retained BD5703 surface proteins were treated by lOmM sodium periodate (Sigma Chemical Co., St. Louis, USA) in lOOmM acetate buffer (pH 2.9) according to the method described by Bouchez-Mahiout et al in 1999 (19). After treatment, the strips were washed by acetate buffer with 0.05%> Tween-20, and then by PBST. Vn (2 ⁇ g/ml) was treated in same procedure and dialyzed against PBS with three time changes. The strips were incubated with periodate treated Vn in PBST overnight at 4°C with gentle shaking.
  • Vn was coupled to one milliliter HiTrapTM N- hydroxysuccinimide (NHS) -activated affinity column purchased from Pharmacia, Uppsala, Sweden.
  • NHS N- hydroxysuccinimide
  • the coupling procedure was according to the manufacturer's instruction.
  • About 0.45mg surface extract in 35ml lOmM Tris-HCl buffer (pH 7.5) containing 0.1M LiCl with protease inhibitor was applied to the Vn-column which was equilibrated by the same buffer through a P-l pump (Pharmacia, Uppsala) at a flow rate of 30 ml/hour, followed by 10ml equilibration buffer for washing at 20°C.
  • the column was eluted by a lithium chloride gradient (0.1 -2M), and several fractions were collected according to their UV absorbency.
  • the fractions were dialyzed against PBS (Dialysis tubing was from Spectrum Medical Industries, Inc., Houston, USA) and then subjected to 12 % SDS-PAGE. Silver staining was done as described in Pharmacia bulletin (Science Tools 2, 2; 1997) Ion-exchange chromatography with the FPLC ® system (Pharmacia, Uppsala) was performed on a Mono S ® High Resolution 5/5 column (Pharmacia, Uppsala).
  • the FPLC ® system was equilibrated with 10 times diluted PBS (pH 7.2) (buffer A), then 1M sodium chloride in buffer A (buffer B) and buffer A again. Crude extract was dialyzed in dialysis tubing (cut off MW is 3500) against buffer A and concentrated to 400 ⁇ g/ml against polyethylene glycol 20000 purum (PEG). The sample was centrifuged at 10000 rpm 10 min in order to discard precipitation due to buffer exchange before it was injected into a Mono S column using a 1 ml loop. A stable base line was established followed by washing using buffer A. The column was eluted by gradient buffer B (0-100%o) during 60 min at 1 ml/ml flow rate. The fractions were collected and subjected to SDS-PAGE analysis and transferred onto PVDF membrane as described above. The Vn binding molecules were stained by Coomassie brilliant blue R-250 and detected by immunoblot assay as described above.
  • Vn binding molecules were separated in 12% gel and transferred onto PVDF membrane as described above. Intensive distilled water washes were made after staining by
  • the F test was used prior to further statistical analyses. Paired one-tailed Student's t test and Mann-Witney Latest were used when appropriate. A P value of ⁇ 0.05 was considered to represent a significant difference.
  • Vn binding protein detected by autoradiography and inhibition tests After trypsin treatment of immobilized Vn no binding was obtained. Vn binding protein detected by autoradiography and inhibition tests
  • the low Vn binder S. epidermidis RP12 was shown to have different binding molecules (5).
  • the binding structures depended on the culture conditions. Vn was recognized by RP12 surface protein that was around 16 kDa no matter which media was used, but 100 and 52 kDa binding proteins were only expressed when bacteria were cultured on blood agar. Expression of S. epidermidis BD5703 binding molecules was also influenced by culture conditions. Bacteria grown on blood agar or in TH broth produced 4-5 times more surface proteins compared with that from TSB broth. (Bio-Rad protein assay).
  • the binding of labeled Vn to BD5703 surface proteins could be inhibited by unlabeled Vn.
  • the binding of the 52 kDa, 38 and 16 kDa proteins were slightly blocked by fibronectin, fibrinogen, thrombospondin, hemopexin, plasminogen and IgG, but the 21 kDa protein was not as shown by autoradiography. Heparin could almost erase the 52, 38 and 16 kDa bands, but not 21 kDa.
  • Hyaluronic acid also inhibited the 52 and 38 kDa, but not the 21 and 16 kDa.
  • Vn binding components After the extract from BD5703 grown in TH broth was passed though the Vn affinity column, the column was washed using 30ml gradient lithium chloride (0.1 -2M). Five fractions were collected according to UV-monitor. SDS-PAGE and silver staining indicated three binding proteins with 60, 52 and 38 kDa molecular weights. Among these molecules, the 38 kDa protein was the first one to be eluted by LiCl and was difficult to separate from small proteins around it.
  • the 60 kDa protein was eluted by 0.25-0.61M LiCl, and its major part was eluted by 0.34-0.43M LiCl.
  • a third, the 52 kDa protein was eluted by 0.34-0.7M LiCl, and its major part was eluted by 0.53-0.61M LiCl.
  • These bands were recognized by Vn in immunoblot, and the antibody control (membrane incubated with anti-Vn antibody and secondary antibodies) indicated no leakage of coupled Vn.
  • 0.1M glycine-HCl pH 3.0 was tried to elute high affinity binding proteins. No protein was eluted.
  • the pellet could be solubilised by sample buffer of SDS-PAGE (0.5M Tris-HCl containing 10% glycerol and 10% SDS, pH 6.8), and most of the proteins with molecular weights above 35 kDa were detected by SDS-PAGE and Coomassie brilliant blue R-250 staining in this solution.
  • SDS-PAGE 0.5M Tris-HCl containing 10% glycerol and 10% SDS, pH 6.8
  • the supernatant of crude extract was subjected to Mono-S ® column after the precipitate was removed, and eluted by a sodium chloride gradient. Twelve peaks were obtained from 0.23-0.61M sodium chloride gradient.
  • SDS-PAGE, silver staining and immunblot assays were used to identify Vn binding proteins.
  • the 21 and 16 kDa proteins were mainly in fraction 3 (around 0.3M NaCl) and
  • binding proteins eluted from affinity column (60 and 52 kDa) and ion-exchange column (21 and 16 kDa) were sequenced. The 38 kDa was excluded since it was difficult to purify. The 60 kDa protein was blocked N-terminally. The 52, 21 and 16 kDa proteins were analyzed successfully and the sequences are shown in table 3. None of these three proteins had appreciable amino acid sequence homology with known Staphylococcal proteins (Microbial Genomes Blast Database). Summary of the results
  • Adsorbed vitronectin (Vn) on the surface of implant may mediate bacterial adhesion.
  • S. epidermidis strain BD5703 isolated from a cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection was tested for binding of immobilized Vn. It binds immobilized Vn to a higher extent than the positive control strain S. aureus V8.
  • the binding could be inhibited by protease treatment, but not by carbohydrates (D-mannose, D-fucose, D-glucose and D-galactose).
  • the binding was inhibited by its cell wall structures extracted by 1M lithium chloride, and this inhibitory effect was abolished when the extract was treated by trypsin.
  • Vn binding proteins VnBPs
  • VnBPs Vn binding proteins
  • the 52 and 38 kDa VnBPs and another 60 kDa binding protein were purified from Vn affinity chromatography by a lithium chloride gradient.
  • the 21 and 16 kDa VnBPs were purified from Mono-S ion-exchange column.
  • VnBPs could block bacterial binding of immobilized Vn to different extents except thel ⁇ kDa.
  • the N-terminal sequences of the 52, 21 and 16 kDa proteins were determined. No appreciable amino acid sequence homology in Staphylococcal protein database was found. The results demonstrates that ligand-receptor interaction may exist between S. epidermidis and Vn.
  • the 52 kDa protein might contribute to the pathogenesis of biomaterial associated infections.
  • Hyaluronic acid (lmg/ml) b 41 (3) d
  • Purified protein 3 (2 ⁇ g/ml) a 81 (9) e a
  • the components were preincubated with Vn coated wells for 2 hours at 37°C, and then bacteria were added.
  • b The components were added at the same time as bacteria.
  • c Data are presented as mean values (SEM). Triplicate samples were tested and repeated twice.
  • d /? ⁇ 0.01 e No significant difference Purified protein 1 is fraction 5 (60 and 52 kDa) eluted from Vn affinity column
  • Purified protein 2 is fraction 3 (21 kDa) eluted from Mono-S ® column
  • Purified protein 3 is fraction 11 (16 kDa) eluted from Mono-S ® column

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La présente invention concerne une protéine isolée dérivée du Staphylococcus epidermidis présentant un MW de 52 kD déterminé par une électrophorèse en gel polyacrylamide en présence de dodécyl sulfate de sodium et une séquence d'acides aminés N-terminal (SEQ ID NO: 1), et des fragments contenant des déterminants antigéniques de ladite protéine, éventuellement liée à un support ou matrice inerte. L'invention concerne également une molécule d'ADN recombinante codant pour ladite protéine ou lesdits fragments de protéine; un vecteur comportant la molécule d'ADN ou la molécule d'ARN correspondante. L'invention concerne en outre des anticorps ou des peptides de liaison à l'antigène d'identification et de liaison spécifique à ladite protéine ou audit fragment de protéine. L'invention concerne en outre l'utilisation de ladite protéine ou dudit fragment de protéine, ou le vecteur, pour la production de vaccins contre des infections provoquées par le Staphylocoque; l'utilisation des anticorps ou des peptides de liaison à l'antigène pour la production d'un médicament permettant l'immunisation passive; un vaccin contre les infections causées par le Staphylocoque comportant ladite protéine ou ledit fragment, ou le vecteur; un médicament pour l'immunisation passive comportant lesdits anticorps ou peptides de liaison à l'antigène. Enfin, l'invention concerne un procédé de traitement prophylactique et/ou thérapeutique des infections causées par le Staphylocoque.
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